Bail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

I would watch the shit out of Pretrail Services !!

Its really hard to laugh at the funny parts. This shit sickens me I can't fucking stand how we treat the poor in this country.

"Disproportionately hurting the poor" might as well be the US national motto at this point :/

I googled Robert Durst (rich guy from the beginning) out of curiosity, and his trial just began YESTERDAY. This video's from 2015, and his murder trial just began yesterday.

I never understood the American bail system,it always seemed like a way for the justice system to legally accept bribes from rich people.

Debra seems like such a nice lady. I'd much rather receive a polite and friendly phone call from Debra than a visit from a guy who literally couldn't find a better gig than running people down and tazing them into submission.

Just imagine pretrial services being a legit HBO sitcom, winning an Emmy, becoming one of the most influential sitcoms of the 2010's

genuinely, as a non-american, the bounty hunter programmes look dystopian

I would totally watch "Pretrial Services" if it was in the style of Parks and Rec or The Office. Just add a few more characters and I can 100% see this actually being a great show.

Once again, we are reminded of how bad things are for the poor.

The Jesus Christ Bail Bonds ad has me crying laughing

Pleading guilty for a crime you didn't commit just to avoid time in jail because you can't afford the bail is LITERALLY one of the things the 8th Amendment was written to prevent. This is a violation of the spirit of the Bill of Rights.

I would watch “Pretrial Services.” Seems like the new Office.

Amendment VIII Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. setting bail higher than someone can pay is illegal but it's done all the time

I was so disappointed when they didn’t call Brett “the vulture “

You know bounty hunting has gotten out of hand when you have to specify “no disintegrations.”

Seeing your local news in a John Oliver segment makes you rethink your life.

courts are also charging court fees even if you are innocent and charges are dismissed. $125 to have a traffic violation dismissed. yay 'justice' system!

I know this video is 5 years old, but Debra, you're a goddamn national treasure!

The Vulture on a Pretrial show? I foresee a plit twist!

and I was listening to this while reading an email from my marching band director...

In Kansas, the jails charge inmates by the hour for jail housing fees. Tell me that's not a system that encourages keeping jails filled to capacity.

I've seen all of John Oliver's videos and now I watch them just to fall asleep. 10/10

Odd how so many "compassionate" people turn a blind eye toward this obvious evil.

WTF BOUNTY HUNTERS? I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN 'MURICA ANYMORE.

All Hail John Oliver, All Hail John Oliver Damn it

Somewhere along the line we became so narcissistic that we stopped seeing others as people

Just realized that Brett "The Annihilator" is also The Vulture from Brooklyn Nine Nine so this Episode of Last Week Tonight is a spin off prequel and no one can tell me otherwise!

As an European, seeing this sort of thing makes me afraid even to visit America. In most things, the country seems so third world and uncivilized. I love your cars and your pop culture, but letting civilians forcibly take you from your own home and drag you to jail. WTF is wrong with you people?

"Filling out forms and filing them in triplicate We won't lock you up if your crime's not significant." #BARS

my man really be saying "migwel"

"The annihilator"? That's a strange way to write "vulture"

I would 100% watch that reality show they pitched at the end.

Why are these so addicting. I have a presentation to get ready for tommorrow. What the fuck am I doing. Damn you John Oliver

Florida jails, Seminole County, charged inmates a daily fee, and an arrest/booking fee. And you can get re-arrested at the time of your release if you don’t pay as soon as you’re released. Justice.

Debra's jacket is an accessoire that the designer of Dolores Umbridges' wardrobe would make soooo jealous! It's not blood spatter, it's flowers. really! It's so absolutely perfect.

Does anyone remember the eighth amendment, where it says, "excessive bail or fines... shall not be imposed"?

Omg can't wait for this season of pretrial services

I honestly get my news and documentaries right here.

1960's: "our jails are bursting at the seams" 2019: "......."

This message brought to you by: YOUR MOTHER. I died.

John Oliver and his team are geniuses

As someone in a marching band I can testify that being on a marching band won’t ruin your Social life, mainly because everyone in them have no social life.

You may call him the Annihilator... but he will always be the Vulture

John Oliver providing awesome essay topics since April 27, 2014.

If you can marry meth over 5 pounds, would then smoking the meth be considered domestic abuse?

"Jesus was NOT bailed out." That was just too good.

"That's the kind of lack of attention to detail that makes me worry about you operating as an unregulated vigilante." XDDDD

Bounty hunting should be illegal. You can't confront someone with guns drawn for not showing up to court. You aren't the police

1) Cops want to act like the military and have tanks and ATVs 2) Civilians want to act like cops and carry tasers and guns 3) A stiff population of people are religiously against gun control 4) Federal Defense budget is higher than the next 10 countries' combined 5) Highest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world What is with the US and its fascination with weaponry?

Honestly, I'm sad that Brett wasn't called "The Vulture" (Brooklyn 99 Refference)

The outro song of pre-trial services is awesome. Really gets you hooked to the show

John and his writing team are SOOOOO effective at getting their point across in a memorable way that makes you laugh and remember. I'll be curious to what extent he can embarrass "the system" and "the people" into change by changing our perspective.

I REALLY wanna see these fake TV shows Last Week Tonight makes up. They'd make amazing parody shows.

Goodbye jail bit was great. Thank you for this serious, important topic.

One of the best things about this show is the ad-free RU-vid replay!

Is this the only show that tackles an issue in great depth...while being hilarious. Keep it up

Every american should watch John Oliver...

Thanks for educating me about this older video

This is exactly what happened to me with a DUI case. I was sleeping in my car, no sobriety test was given not even mentioned. My Girlfriend at the time told the police I was high the night before when I drove. Couldn't make bail, the public pretender told me you can await a 90 day trial or you can plead guilty and you will likely be out tomorrow. Needless to say I plead guilty.

"The man was shot and died at the hospital" (dead silent audience) "And they shot his dog" OHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I would watch Pre-Trial Services.

Yes. Just yes. The vulture and John Oliver!!! 2 favorite shows.

Thank you

Here's what I still don't understand: A) why the f*** are people being held in jail before being found guilty of a crime??? Sure they were arrested but nothing has been proven!! Doesn't that completely go against the "innocent until proven guilty" thing??? Why don't we see people complaining about that more often? Getting rid of this would also eliminate the problem of people getting fired for pleading innocent etc. Could someone explain why this isn't a big problem in society? Because it seems like a much bigger problem than most of the stuff people talk about. That brings me to my next point... B) "the right to a speedy trial" is guaranteed in the constitution. If you're gonna hold potentially innocent people in jail, you MUST grant them a quick trial. Two high profile trials here in MA just lated for multiple YEARS: Tsarnaev and Hernandez. How can you take away two years from a person's life without even knowing if they're guilty or not!?? Once again, seems like a blatant violation of the Constitution that no one talks about. This wouldn't be such a big problem if we didn't hold innocent (aka awaiting trial; not proven guilty) people in jail, but if that is what we are going to do we cant let it run on for years at a time. How the f*** is two years considered a speedy trial??? I think that if you can't find the evidence to prove someone guilty in TWO YEARS, that person should just be let out of jail. You can't have them just sit there while you wait for some evidence to come up against them. Why are these issues not talked about more??? They seem like basic simple violations of fundamental principles of liberty and justice. Ridiculous.

Fuck, I thought Rikers was a fictional prison in the Spiderman universe, this shit is actually real? That's scary.

Bail hunters: *kills random guy* The legal system: yeah it’s fine

*JEEEEEEEEEEESUUUUS CHRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSTTT* bail bonds.

0:40 “One example! A man called Migwell.” Migwell? What the fu.... You mean Miguel?!

I love John Oliver!!!

15:42 I was looking away and immediately thought “Wait, is that the Vulture?”

I just love the Halo Shotgun sound-effect after "The Hand Grenade".

wait, you have to plead guilty to get out of jail? what?!

Not gunna lie, I'd watch that show at the end, I feel like it would be something like The Office

I have the 'Pre-trial Services' song stuck in my head on a regular basis... Someone needs to make this show

John Oliver and last week never disappoints. Great show whenever I need to laugh I watch an episode. Keep it up John you are awesome.

Thanks to this show it is getting scarier and more depressing to live in America.

I would binge-watch both "Pretrial Services" and "Infrastructure". All three episodes.

Dude this happens in Canada ALL THE TIME I have a criminal record cause I had to plea guilty because I couldn't find a surety and I was homeless

America, land of the free.* *Terms and conditions apply.

I'm confused you have people who can legally break into your house... in a country where most places you can have pretty powerful weaponry and a last stand rule where you can run after someone to shoot them. How are these people not shot?

Holy, the Crosby, Stills & Nash joke got me good

I never expected mayhem to work for pretrial servicds

everything i hear about USA sounds like middle ages. Do they have knights and build castles too?

I watched Dog the Bounty Hunter when I was so young I didn't even know what a bounty hunter was.

Brilliant!

That show at the end is my favorite of all his closings. Those people are fucking hilarious

In Michigan if you can't pay your bail you can do community service

16:59 That's Calgary Alberta... So they filmed this in my hometown?? Sweet.

Extremely funny at the end

Not calling Brett 'The Vulture' is just a missed opportunity, come on John

I live in PA but I had a traffic ticket in NJ and there was a guy being held in jail and had his hearing via video and the judge would not let him out unless he could come up with $600. NO arrangements no nothing. I was paranoid as hell. I wanted to make an arrangement but said F**k it Ima pay the whole thing. I felt bad for dude. young black kid sitting in jail for traffic ticket. SMH

Why are people even getting locked up if they are not guilty? This seems to me, as a non American citizen, like the police is going through a neighborhood just picking off people. " Nah he is good... he also... oh, there is a poor guy, let's arrest him for no reason and if he can't pay the bail he is fucked."

I genuinely want to watch this pretrial services show. Badass!

Brett "The Annihilator" looks like the "mayhem" guy from the Allstate commercials.

In Canada bounty hunters are illegal.

Imagine these 'bounty hunters' go after some ex Navy SEAL or other Special Forces guys. That would be funny to see.

Thank god starting oct.2019, the bail system is gone in California.

7:08 I was ready for him to show the clip of boba fett falling into the sarlc

The amount of respect I have for John Oliver is real. He may joke a lot but he has some great information and a realistic outlook on things that are plaguing us as a country.